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Interactive tech excites special ed students, teacher
Little Jack, fair-haired and bespectacled, stares intently at a learning game on the large video screen in front of him. He rolls his wheelchair forward and touches a colorful cartoon car - to the everlasting delight of his teacher, Megan Itani. Jack attends Pullman’s preschool class for children with developmental disabilities. He was never motivated to move the wheelchair at school until his classroom got a TAP-It Smart Board - a giant, kid-proof touch pad. Says Itani: "TAP-It is awesome.” How awesome? Constance Beecher, a post-doctorate researcher at Washington State University, is trying to find out.
STEM network wins grant
to coordinate programs
Washington, WSU take lead
in sustainability education
Faculty member will lead
principal evaluation effort